Stolen Generation compensation trial in WA

MEMBERS of the Stolen Generation have begun a five-week trial in the West Australian Supreme Court seeking compensation.

The case against the state has been brought by seven siblings and their parents, Donald and Sylvia Collard.

The children were all removed from their parents and placed into state care between 1958 and 1961.

Aboriginal Legal Service of WA chief executive Dennis Eggington said the effects of being forcibly removed from their families had had heartbreaking inter-generational effects on many people.

The Collard family had shown great courage in being involved in the "test case", which could encourage others to also take legal action, Mr Eggington said.

"It has been an extremely challenging and emotional time, and their strength and unity as a family has been incredible," he said.

"We see the tragic effects of past government policies on our community members every day and you cannot underestimate the pain and suffering that our people have endured through their forced removal.

"This is a historical day as we embark upon a hearing that has the capacity to right the wrongs of the past."

Lavan Legal first lodged the writ on Sorry Day in 2010.

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